An episode of "I'm ready for my close-up", originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM. Alex Fitch interviews Times journalist John Clarke about the history of black musicians on film in the aftermath of the release of Dreamgirls.


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Artist/Composer: Alex Fitch
Date: 2007-03-15
Source: Resonance 104.4 FM
Keywords: Black music; Film history; John Clarke; The Times; Dreamgirls

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Press release: As a belated follow up to his article on the subject, Alex Fitch talks to Times journalist John Clarke about the history of Black musicians on film from 1929's Hallelujah to this year's Dreamgirls. The show also features clips from Stormy Weather (1943), Shaft (1971) and The Blues Brothers (1980)...

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